Consumer Review and Lifestyle

Value of Homework Questioned In Australian Study [Video]

March 27, 2012
Value of Homework Questioned In Australian Study [Video]

Homework provides very little, if any benefit to students, with the exception of eleventh and twelfth graders, an Australian study reports. The London Telegraph reports as follows about the Australian study, which will probably be greeted with joyful accolades by children around the world. Only senior students in grades 11 and 12 benefit from after-school [...]

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Turkish Arlines Slammed By Pilots As Dangerous

December 15, 2011
Turkish Arlines Slammed By Pilots As Dangerous

  Politiken, a Danish newspaper has unveiled a troubling secret about Turkish Airlines. that it is simply unsafe to fly, due to the large number of its pilots who do not speak English fluently enough to understand basic commands. English fluency is a basic requirement of airline pilots, who must be able to communicate with [...]

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In Praise of Cheap Wine

November 10, 2011
In Praise of Cheap Wine

It is very seldom that I ever spend more than ten dollars for a bottle of wine. Usually, I look in the sale rack, and find that the $5.99 specials work just fine for me. In Europe, the tendency to favour more expensive wines is far less pronounced. I remember in Italy in 1973 buying [...]

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Thank You Miracle Noodles

August 19, 2011
Thank You Miracle Noodles

  After spending five days on the Keto Mist diet, I finally decided to reat some of the dietary instructions. It turned out that I was making my life a lot harder than it had to be. At the seven day mark, I am doing very well.What sold me on the Keto Mst diet is [...]

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Angry Lemon Driver Trashes Seven Cars in Dealership Parking Lot

July 21, 2011
Angry Lemon Driver Trashes Seven Cars in Dealership Parking Lot

When David Cross bought a used van at the Portsmouth Used Car Superstore in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, he very quickly realised that he had made a mistake. When he brought the car to his mechanic immediately after purchasing it, the mechanic found a multitude of problems, including a broken odometer that made the van uninsurable. [...]

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Rotary, Toastmasters and Lions Taking On The World

July 13, 2011
Rotary, Toastmasters and Lions Taking On The World

  It used to be that when you drove through a series of small towns, you would see a sign listing all of the national communal organisations that had chapters in each town. Rotary, Kiwanis, the Lions and other organisations all seemed to a traveler to be a common thread connecting small town America. Now, [...]

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An Open Letter to Megabus

July 8, 2011
An Open Letter to Megabus

I just got back from the Megabus bus stop at the White Marsh Mall parking lot. They used to depart from a parking lot about five minutes from Sears, where they now leave for Washington DC. At neither location could we find any signs instructing Megabus customers. So instead of boarding a bus from Sears [...]

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